An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.

Boom is convinced it can overcome the barriers that grounded the Concorde and make supersonic travel affordable and greener.

The Boom Supersonic aircraft exceeded Mach 1 after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its highly ...

STORY: The return of supersonic air travel just might have come a step closer. U.S. startup Boom Supersonic sent its XB-1 jet ...

Boom Supersonic has gone, well, supersonic, its XB-1 prototype breaking the sound barrier today in the skies over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. With Chief Test Pilot Tristan Brandenburg ...

Boom Supersonic achieved Tuesday its goal of breaking the sound barrier on its first attempt ... the airliner to cruise just under Mach 1 over land. Boom installed in October the first major ...

Breaking the sound barrier occurs at 761 mph ... engines that also enable the airliner to cruise just under Mach 1 over land. At those speeds, flying from Miami to London in just under five ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tuesday morning in California's Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 — the world's first independently developed supersonic jet — broke the sound barrier during a test ...

In a significant advancement in aerospace engineering, the XB-1, a prototype supersonic aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic ...